FSN 232 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Denis Diderot
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Scientific discourse gained more influence in society and politics, religion receded into the spiritual sphere. Industrial methods applied to the textiles, metallurgy, chemical production and eventually agriculture industries. The combination of new property rights, progressive social ideals and industrialization. Helped foster an entrepreneurial spirt that boosted the economies. Upper and middle classes enjoyed the same (or sometimes, specifically in. The combination of progress, rational thought, and economic opportunities created a breeding ground for revolts and fundamental socio-economic changes in europe and the americas. Intellectual and movement in europe and its colonies. Centered around rational thought as the basics of economical, social and political organization. Rational legitimacy, progress, liberty, tolerance, constitutional government and the separation of church & state. Published with the contributions of 150 of the most prominent european scientists and philosophers of the era. Acad mie royale de peinture et de sculpture, 1648.